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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25
Frederick J. NnTton and orhers. ''"'

Richard Ferguson
". IN ChaUCciy.
Frederick J. Norton and Others.
The object at this suit is To have determined
the nights and pTInrIuus of The various HlmHntN
G.. lIundlHu, sheriff Of ohio county, Wet NlT.
EiuiA. ~ he lrurccd- ui n Nule Ot certain per
>uuHL property, made ~ Linn under an execution
in the DH,r Ut Charles Hoffman, ". Frederick j.
norton. nul To huNr tho sand sum ui muury dis
hUr.pl under Ia" orders of the said court, Ia the
parties entitled thereto, ami incidentally To- huyC
st aside and HuuullrtI two deeds uf iru'i ImWiT
los the >a.d Frederick i. Norton Ia William T..
Hubbard. trustee, one dated on the 2iri day OF
July, ISL aud the other dated on the > IA day
OF April. lNN1. both OF which i"v!~ of trust 10" at
record in the oiicc Of the clerk uf the Comfy
Court of said county. And II appearing from an
affidavit NIrd in the case at these IUirS. that tHr
suid DiHuu {. Norton IL not u resident vt the state
ul West Virginia, Hni She not having been served
with pfOcc.h m TINS uali>r, on motion Ut the CuGI.
ton j. entered sgaiuS her, ana II is ordered that
the sail defendant. Diana G. Norton. Ia. required
to appeal within ON month after the dHlr at the
first Publication at tins order and 90 what *
necessary to pro r"t her interests. 1t j. further
ordered that lh.> order be- published AMI pasted
H. required lay law.
Wines, John ". Mitchell, Clerk Of sIid Court,
at th" Court House uf said ruuuty, this III day
Of August, lN~i, tu.wIt. Hu.u>t Rules. 49,.
joins W MITCHELL, clerk.
Published the liI~t time August =. Isl.
Attest jDIIN ". MITCHELL. Clufk.
iILSRY VI. RUSSELL, HuilrilOr for Complainant.
Uu.bUWt
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>tua, Is Thomas.
Gentlemen Do You want au E.,-y shoe
syuu dn, examine our Stacy adams X
c.. fire ~UueS, which wee have in HIl widths
amt ~uI"ys, IN extra Wide toes and narrow
toes. m London and NaU&euphlSt lasts.
J.. W. ANIrK. So,r Agent.
HIS Mann street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

E>lm.a.Du r q 2Ilrmy Shoe, best work
rr-- .u. mlGa T. W. AElIyE.
ne. Main Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

have been for several years n sufferer
from Hay Fever and severe head colds and
haV tried other remedies in hope Of get
ting rclirt. hut have found none that can
compare with Ely's Cream Balm. ! would
Lot be without il Tor any consideration. 1t
is simply wonderful in It's effect upon the
nauLl organs
:. II. HUErT, Wilmington, y. c.
can che"rfnlly recommend EIy's Cream
Balm to the suffering public Tor Hay Fever
and -toprmgc OF the air passages. ] have
tricd it ana find it gives immediate relief.
j. l.. RECTOR,
9up RocE Street. Little Rock, AK.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

ND~1ruo bars for iscs aud mosquitoes.
FREN X EEEr~ruN,
Furniture. Carpets. etc, llI' Nam -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

See The IuIcIIigenccr'~ Big Reunion
reports.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

Cool palatahlc soda, with pure fruit
svrups, at Ilcgcnlcldcr's.
ORR new Fall Jackets are beauties
~ 90, s. ~. 81 0o, $3.50, 81 % aud - %
ale our prices, and they cannot he dupli-
Gated anywhere. EmShcimer's, Eleventh
street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

Is open from IS 20. m. To- IS p. nm. daily.
There aIv tour excellent tyu-pm alleys and
hT-t-,'g-a refreshments ton the grounds.
No one should leave NGrrllug without
visiting tine i.EL.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

Jennie N~oyFiug'uI, William siu'...
Thompson, MAJ Thompson
ANNIE IhuUIrOI, blIIa,
Thumi~uU, X. kruu"!y fiiri..
William II Thompson aud
G"ur"r \. Ih"mP~nl.
The object ufIhc above entitled .r.. ...
jet {" tho payment "f a." i.l... SAL ISL
Thompson, deceased, ami those 10 h- ,..r.
personal estate huiu- Insufficient g.. -..
ppsc, ana u.," {" iIv Itylu .ul 81 li' ,.....
ami at this sgll. Ia" i,ul ,.'Hl, ri ~
Robert T. THOMPSON died seized ANA .
Ia wit. Ih" UudE' jt,i uu,. tauun. ...i.,. ..
,iuWcr al his mother NufN huu IIulI..rn
east hall ui lot NJ. !, situated uu ih, ,ts..
OF quincy street nov "uil"i tu.rlu"uIH -r
lnd fronting thereon idITiy e., Iud rl
lot NJ. : uu the r',I hD.UE iu tnr ,iit 81 S.
tho y.uuty nal state u'uf">r,,l BOO Ii..
called Eat Nt,',u@. Hui 20 ". " ~'..
And Il upP.9Iriur il"Ia uu
tlrd ~ ia" Cau.- at lhr>r uIi's, that 90, . .
ant. Jennie harrington, William "a
Mary Thompson, Annie IhuU.p-,aI au. E.
ave not residents ul IT., -. H,.. "
' lriuIH, AMI they not having i"'n ~rE'.
pru',ss IN tlI- uIuNr, uu motion rIf....
amt 10y hI, N"'iril"r,, thir "niwr Do. i..,.
], entered against lI,m. AMI o. o.. ..... .
the sail! d,lvUduuls Jennie S"u'uu-'D.. "
Mary lh"mI-uH. 49,. i.H"
AMI Birdie Thompson. AZ g.. ...,. ...s.
wIIilu oU" month utrI th' ju. ,.|..
LEGATION at ihi.pUiy,. H,l! 80 vs.. n .. .. a.
protect 'lr.' Interests. q '".... .. ...
thi, "rlcr br I",hIi,hrl aui I...,' .. .
by law.
Miluy.. Iri.n ". Mitchell. ltrr. .... .
NJ the count lluu." OF SAID ,"uUty =.
AugI.t, lNsT, tu vat Ag-u.. kH...
lOIlk ". MlItIi
Published the inst time Angus, . '-.
join W. Mll,UII'. ''..
CALDWELL 4 CALDWELL, S"hC...- ..
plainHutN.
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We beg L. Inform our patrons and conn
try merchants, in particular, that we have
now on sale over 2JD different styles of
ladies' and chlidTrn'S garments, from the
cheapest quality TO the best, it being one
at our sprrilltics. We claim that we can
.uil you in STYLES and prices better than
any Eousr in w. Va Merchant contem-
plating early Purchases lor the fall and
winter are cordially invited to look at our
immense stock. and obligc
II. EN~HElMER,
l. and 20 Eleventh Street, between Main
and Market.
ElHrNEEE that Stone y Thomas are
Offering special bargains in Carpets this
week.
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PLAY il called at 3.ij T.. VI. in the
kalamazoo and Wheeling games.

u you want 10 save money in buying
81 buggy, Jump seat or phacton, 20 to j.
W. FERRIS, corner Main and Twenty.
first street.
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rTIE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. ONO
{ unity. In the Circuit Court of ONO conn
~, West Virginia. August Rules, -.
Richard Ferguson
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SAVE money by huy d. your Dry Goods
rt <f..r.. TTRurr-'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

HoN'r fail to attend the great Kalama,
zon aud Wheeling games on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

ih" ini"li,='n"~rwiII br fully illus
Grated every dsS during thv Reunion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

'"'''''-"ucc MuIBH fully illus
very day dur.ug the Reunion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

iuE tine rhonp,s. Dress foods in Jhe city
uu 90 Im,Gaimo,~ uu Eleventh, between
Miami aud Market.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

NJ silks. Plu-.rs aud \rly"ts. Just
r~rcegg,. ut Stone AZ Thomas lui" MAN
street
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

IA" Daily int~cuigcucer Ira wrap
prr~ r"r mailing
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

\ 81" line OF tall novelties in Dress
Cool nave been added To our stock dur
ing tAT '.t't week. at Stone x Th1uta-.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

NJ" Lace Curtains. Rugs and Window
Blinds, at stone * Th.mas'.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

Dali, i~"truiSrnrcr in wrap
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\ COUNTER,
GENUINE IMPORTED BEER.

ny29isb
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-25

SysE moa,y by buying Carpets at Stone
X Thomas.
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I'VE STATE OF WEST NlErt\'N .
| CuUuty. In The Circuit CONT 'u...
~ W. NILLLumI. NL.EL.I |, Dr. l..

William G. IIauilaH. Sh,riu CO.,
chi" county Wet Virginia al.i
administrator ui kub.Il
Thompson. deceased,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-05
Thackeray's Letters.

From the Arkansaw Traveller. n i y
The Wagonville Tire Of recent date
contains the following under the head
Of Literary News: .l #
"a man named Thackeray is now
writing letters for Scribner's Maga-
zine, q copy Of which has reached us.
In some places, where the printers
have not been able to read the copy,
the manuscript has been run in, which
we think is d sharp piece Of satire
against the corresp ondent, who, it APP
pears to US. is not very particular.
Mr.. Thac keray, We believe, is an Eng.
.lishman aud is trying to nake6a rep
utatiOn as q humOrist, but we have
written good many articles for the
Tire that are q heap funnier, and yet
the newspapers throughout the coun.-
try have paid no attention to them.
We sent one Of these articles to Scrib-
5ners Magazine, and, although they
were endorsed by the County Judge
and Deputy Sheriff Nc w halen, who is
about as good Judge Of joke as any
man in Bumton county, yet it was
thrown aside to make room for lot
OF those horse chestnuts sent in by
Thackeray. We doFhot print this to
stir up strife, but to let our people
know that the magazines are not att
er the best matter. We have sent an-
other article headed, How Uncle
Billie Monroe Killed . Coon, and If it
is thrown aside, our people will want
to know the reasons why. .sls
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-05
The Founder Of cleveland, 9

The Founder Of Cleveland, @.
On 81 about November / next there
viii Be unveiled in Cleveland, Ohio, 4
bronze statue 81 the founder oi that
city, General Moses Cleveland. A
clay model Of the work has been com.
pleted. The figure stands seven feet
and six inches high. The general ii
represented standing erect, with u
staff and an old shioned surveyors
level in his hands. He is bareheaded,
and is dressed in the ordinary ont.
door garb Of his time. The pose il
natural and easy and tho face
striking. There is more 81 natural
ness and flesh and blood depicted
in the countenance than can be
found ID most Of tho alleged por
traits OF the old surveyors ia exiis.
Htence The sculpt worked princi.
ipally from q ithograph ot i portrait
painted on ivory ii an ollt-fashioned
Sbreastpiin, now III the possession 81
the Historical Society as Wind ON,
Conn. Tho likeness as thought by
members 81 the level and family who
shase seen. the model 10 ~ a. perfect
a. possible l1s I,edestaI IlH 81
aof polished esterl Granite and will
be about seven FIT l1iiRh ana six test
in diameter. Will bear tho inscriipi
ton senera Mos aveland. found.
serof the city, 79ss q
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-05
Uniform Progress,

EA1OuA SAAS A1POe4'
It may interest the curious IA such
matters TO note how closely the In
crease il the assessed valuation OF
New York real estate follows the in
crease in populations. III 1870 there;
were $842, 600. 900 Of taxabIe real
estate TO 942, 900 persons, or barely
$788 per head. In. 1850 there were
$e42, 900, OoO of taxable real estate
TO 1,2OB, 600 persons. or shout $7512
per head while ~ present there 10
$1,25O, COG, 600 of taxab real estats'
60 an estimated pu1atieaa 81 a 900,
600 showing also q proportion OF
47sl per head. Keeping Is. view the
speculative and inflated scale 81 sval In
ation applied to much New York cityI
property il 1877 and the srl eauent
return Is the coin basis ol currency
the reduced proportion bet b Isopa
siatiOn and valnat ion IN recent III III
il not surprising. king every iirS
into account, the al bstantiai unifor lIis
ity ofS the proportion between thss
dement's Of the visible cred tness
20 the city is very instructive
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-05
ne I3rlt "a [tlsA sum.

s ade but two brief Yisits 10 tho
British Museum, ana 4 can saslly III
struct my readsr rs that 10 will have
no dilhcuIty IS viii follow NV
ching i, arrnl,iinaI LOW not % so IL,
hen he has 4 hour ats shii Hi din
posal let Hin. drol is AZ the museum,
. and wanda among 2its books and al
various coll lection Hew viii know as
much about i 80 the Hy that buzzes
sly, atS one wind oH8 md out .slt anot her.
wers whether brought
saway any hiisg Il ON my two visits. q
should certainly Is did The fy
sees some thing, not.Very ia diligently.
but he cannot help seeing them The
great round reading roo with its
silent stud nts, impressed me very
much locked at once for the Elgin
marbles, but casts and pinot ographs
and engraYil1gs had made me familiar
with their chief features. / thought
knew something of the sculptures
brought from Nineveh, but I was as.
tonished, almost awe.sJruck, at the
sight OF those mighty images which
mingled with the visions 81 the He
brew prophets. did not marvel
more at the skill and labor expended
upon them by the Assyrian artists
than 1 did at the enterprise and au-
dacity which had bro ought them safely
from the mounds under which they
were buried to the light Of day and
the heart Of a great modern city. ]
never thought should live to see the
Birs Nimroud laid open, and the tab
lets IN which the history ofNebuchad-
nezzar was recorded spread before me.
The Empire Of the Spade in the
world OF history was founded at Nj
neyeh by Layard, a great province
added to it by Schliemann, and it's
boundaries extended by numerous ex-
plorers, some of whom are diligently
at work at the present day: n feel
very grateful that many Of its revela-
tions have been made since I have
been a tenant of the travelling resi-
dence which hold so many secrets il
it's recesses. I 1szz.. 81 afsss< + j ss4ASei.
There is one lesson to be got from a
visit Of an hour Or two to the British
t'AseS~oAA4. AAeohACAJS VIZ sssI5. A0SuoAAASS>
abyss OF our own ignorance. One is
almost ashamed OF his little heart
beats in the rushing and roaring tor
rent OF Niagara. SO i he has publish
ed2a booker tive, collected few fossils,
or. coins, or vases, he is crushed by
the vastness Of the treasures in the
library and the collections OF this uni
verse Of knowledge. n I, .:&s
I have shown how not to see the
British Museum; / will tell how to see
lit. ..s:. II yl. Il. $Ig .# e.
Take lodgings next door to tin a
garnet, if you cannot afford anything
better, land pass all your days at the
museum during the whole period OF
your natural life. AT threescore and
ten you will have some faint concep-
ton OF the contents, significance and
value Of this great British institution,
which is as nearly as any one spot the
maui vital Of human civilization, a
stab at which by the dagger of an
archy would fifty begin the reign OF
chaos.-August Atlantic.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-05
The Changes Of Fifty Years.


The London Standard has an interest
ing article upon the difference in Gus
toms and morals which Victoria's
reign OF SO years has seen. After re.
ferring to the high-stocks, snuff boxes
and top-boots which were just going
out when her majesty came in, the
Standard thus describes English drink.
ing habits of that period:
Fifty years ago almost every body
drank, and the majority OF people got
drunk: To get tipsy at table was SO
general that it was not regarded as
disreputable, and very frequently the
gentlemen were SO far gone that they
prudently declined to join the ladies.
In the "Pickwick Papers," which de.
scribe period not far from that dur.
ing which the queen assembled the
throne, not only the elder Weller and
Mr.. stiggens got tipsy, but Mr.. Pick.
wick, q distinguished virtuoso, and
Squire Wardle country gentleman
and Justice of the peace. did SO with
/ out any one thinking there conduct in
the slightest degree offensive. People
sat downto heavy dinners at 8 o'clock
in the afternoon and when was fixed
as the fashionable h our, good conserv.
atives declined to bulge. AS for 7:3O,
8 and $50, it required long struggle
to bring about this change, and g. still
more severe fight before huge suppers
and much punch ceased to be Strict
SOCIAL obseryances. In one famous
university there was ''nine -tumbler
club, 8 into which no man was eligible
for admission until he drunk nine
glasses ofshot whisky. and water, and
could then say Biblical criticism
with a reasonably clear articulation,
Even Lord Campbell, though opposed
to "the habitual soaking of port wine
or whisky punch, !" expresses himself
in his auto biography favorably to.
ward fan occasional booze, as hav-
ing "a tendency to excite the faculties,
to warm the af7ections,t to improve the
manners and to form the character Of
youth. Teasts were still drunk at
table; men took wine with theladiesn
and challenged" each other in q man.
ner highly conducive to excess and
the govt. Dinners q la Russo were IN,
known; heavy joints were the rule, and
the art OF carving an Indispensable
accomplishment; light entrees were
called '1kickshawsn' and were sscorned
as French, and therefore contemptible
Dueling had gone quite out in 1887,
and swearing was still the lorna
nent" OF many q gentlemans CONVEX.
sation. Education wasfar lower then,
and morals werenot, as d Tule, SO ihigh
The universities we're closed to an
save men of one faith, and practically
OF much the same social standing;
while gambling hells were almost
openly patronized. J,
The Improvement over this picture
has been due TO the enlightenment Of
the masses and the elevation Of the
TASTES Of all classes. b !.
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The Sleep Of Death.

An interesting description OF the
sleepy disease" peculiar to Africa,
is given in the. journal Of an African
Cruiser The persons. attacked by
this singular malady are those who
take little exercise and live principal.
ly on vegetables, particularly cassada
and rice. Some observers ascribe it
to the cassada, which is supposed to
be strongly narcotic. Not improb a-
bly, the climate has much influence, the
disease being most prevalent in low
and marshy situations. il
Irresistible drowsiness continually
weighs down the patient, who can be
kept awake only for the few minutes
needful to take little food. When
this lethargy has lasted three or four
months death, comes with a tread
that the patient cannot hear and
makes the slumb Der ALT tie more sound.
y ! found the aspect Of Queen Maui
mee's beautiful grandd daughter incon-
ceiyably affecting. twas strange to
see her SO quiet, in a sleep from which
it might be supposed she would awake
full OF youthful life, and yet to know
that this was no refreshing slumber,
but d spell in which she was fading
away from the eyes that loved her. 4
This young girl was but fourteen
years Of age. With some difficulty
she was aroused and awoke with q
frightened cry a strange and broken
mllrmur as il. she were LOOKING dimly
ont Of her sleep and knew not wheth.
or our figures were real or only the
phantasies OF q dream. u u. "a.
Her eyes were wild and CLASSY and
she seemed to be Ia pain. While
awake there was a nerv Gus twitc ching
about her mouth and ia her fingers
but being again extended On the mat
and left to herself these symptoms 81
disquietud passed away and she al.
most Immediately sunk again into the
deep and hear sleep ii which we
found her. s
This poor doomed girl had been sut,
tering no. not uffering, fol, except
when forcibly aroused, there. appears
to be no uneasiness, but she had been
two months under this sleepy
disease. 3s8si ss. SIS Sc.
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place; hen they marched away With
one hnndreld and seventy I've beasts
of burden ded with treasures 81
lgold and sil vers md Jewels, besides
yreAt quaint tiles Of nnerch andise, and
ssix hundred prison ers held for ram
som. Us. IS
hatever became Of all that vast
vealt h.s and what 4it anlo unted to, no
man but Morgan ever knew, for when
q sdiYision Was mad sit Was found that
there was only two hundred pieces 81
fseight to each ID arl.
NJ hen this a iviidsnd was declared, 4
EhoWl 81 execration went np, under
which even Captain Henry Morgan
quailed AT night he md four 81 her
commanders slipped their cables and
ram out to sea, and it was said that
these divided the greater part q. the
booty amongst themselves. But The
wealth plundered at Panama
could hardly have fallen short
OF a million and q half dol
lars. Computing it at this reason
able figure, the vario ns prizes won by
Henry Morgan ia the West Indies
would stand as follows: Panama,
81, SOC, 600; PeTto Bello, $3OO, 600;
Puerto del Principe, $ToO, 900; Mara
cay DO and Gibralt al, $500, 300; yari.
Gus plracies, $3.50, 600 la king a
grand total OF So, CSC 900 as the vast
harvest Of plunde With this fabu-
lous wealth, wrenched from the Span
iards by means OF the rack and the
cord, and pilfered from his compan-
ions by the lneanest Of theiving, Cap.
tain Henry Morgan retired from bust
ness, honored OF all, rendered famous
by his deeds, knighted by the good
King Charles H., and finally appoint
ed Governor OF the rich island OF
Jamaica. Fl n. 81 *5ss
Other buccaneers followed him.
Campeche was taken and sacked, and
even Cartagena itself iell; but with
Henry Morgan eliminated the glory
OF the buccaneers, and from that time
they declined in power and wealth
and wickedness until they were finally
swept away. 81 s5|
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-05

frances Wonderful New Rifles.
Evening Post. 81 s 5 II 5 sF 35s
The Lebel rife, the new arm with
which the French infantry will be sup.
Piled before next spring,is according to
all accounts, q wonder, and several
models Of the gun which. have been re.
celved here have excited great interest.
The new rifle is known by the name OF
its inventor, Lebe!, and is smaller and
lighter than the rifles now in use; the
French soldiers coll it .the little gun.'''
The most authentic descriptions given
to the gun agree IN attributing to it a
carrying power beyond that of any
rifle heretofore in use. The models re-
ceived in New York are not known to
be accurate copies Of the Lebel gun,
and experiments with them are inpos.
sible, owing to the fact that the pow.
der used is a secret compound OF which
the French government has the monop-
oily. # .sss.. f=..
. According to all accounts the Lebel
gnn will carry its bullet nearly a mile
and a half, and with a more certain
aim than has been possible with ordi-
nary rifles. THEODORE of the gun is very
small, and the ballwhich is ofsteel and
sharply pointed at one end, is said to
revolve at a speed OF q thousand rev O.
lutions q second. In the tests made
by the French government this bullet
has penetrated a brick wall eight inches
thick at a distance Of 500 yards; it
will go through any kind Of armor
which can be worn by soldiers, and at
distance Of more than a mile will
pass through man as easily as at 10
PAGES. The gun has no recol under
fire, and the powder gives out no
smoke whatever It has been said
that the powder used must be type
OF the smokeless hunting powder al
ready in the market, but this is denied
by the inventor, who says that he
uses an entirely new compound. The
Lebel gun is, of course, repeater, and
the cartridges are so small that each
soldier carries 22O rounds Of ammu-
milton, as against 116 rounds, former
ly considered the maximum. #